Hah, I was right. Some of us aren’t smarter than the animals! It seems there was a bloke who picked himself up a friendly young woman in a bar. They made there way to the railway tracks, where they proceeded to…
Category: My latest rant
Sometimes I just need to rant. Be afraid, you are my captive audience.
Online ban was never going to work
I don’t know whether I’m more angry, sad or embarrassed at the internet news censorship ruling by a New Zealand judge last week. Manukau District Court judge David Harvey has decided newspapers, television and radio can name the two men…
Well that just sucks (ooh, a bad pun)
How ridiculous is it that Pharmac — the government agency that pharmaceutical purchasing agency — has decided to give the okay to government funding for flavoured condoms? It was just a few weeks ago that Pharmac turned down funding for 12-month…
Glad I didn’t watch that faked opening
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Well, how’s that for sporting prowess? I’m not talking about “those” Games that I’m boycotting, I’m talking about the Stags and the eblacks. Our very own Southland Stags took out…
So why won’t I be gawking at the Games?
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The Olympic Games get under way tomorrow and while other years I’ve been pretty happy to sit in front of the telly, cheering on our Kiwi sporting heroes, this time…
Personal growth
Isn’t it wonderful, how this internet thing works? Here I am, not yet fully moved in after the wee renovation job on my site and already the spammers have found my blog and posted a comment pointing me to information…
Chain of fools
There’s an old saying along the lines of “sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me.” Perhaps it’s time to point out that doesn’t include chain letters. I’ve grown accustomed to e-mails from strangers who…
The perils of customer service
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Slack customer service: it’s the bane of my life. It’s right up there with spam, broad beans and Tom Cruise as things that irritate the you-know-what out of me. Of…
Rock star and free love shock
Ooooh, hold the front page, Jimi Hendrix got it on with the ladies. Yep, there’s a new sex tape on the block and it features guitar guru Hendrix. For some reason, the media is all excited about this revelation. Possibly…
Customer (dis)service: week 12
LATEST UPDATE: I hope you’re all sitting down as you read this, because you are in for a shock. Someone from Telecom has finally said “we’re sorry”. And offered a refund for all my dramas. Okay, so it took yet…